Dhanteras 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Dhanteras puja muhurat 17:54–19:37, Thu 22 Oct
Festival · times in CST
When is Dhanteras 1908 in Appleton?
Thursday 22 October
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 22 Oct in AppletonDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:58–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:54 to 19:37.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 1908 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 22 Oct in Appleton?
Dhanteras is on Thu 22 Oct: Trayodashi holds all of pradosha that evening, and no other.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 16:58–19:38. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 17:54 to 19:37.
Pradosha is Dwadashi; Trayodashi begins at 20:23. Trayodashi: 20:23 to 22:17 Thu.
Trayodashi holds all of pradosha, 16:58–19:38. Trayodashi: 20:23 Wed to 22:17.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 20:23 on Wed 21 Oct to 22:17 on Thu 22 Oct, so only Thursday’s pradosha (16:58–19:38) falls within it. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.